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Melrose veterans advisory member urges COLA for local veteran benefits, and expanded benefits for Guard and Reserve killed on duty
Summary
A Melrose Veterans Advisory Board member told the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs that veterans benefits paid by municipalities should include a cost-of-living adjustment tied to local inflation and that Guard and Reserve members killed on active duty should receive death benefits comparable to certain public safety officers.
James "Jim" King, a member of the Melrose Veterans Advisory Board and a Vietnam veteran, testified in favor of House Bill 3863 (Senate 2480) asking the committee to authorize a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for municipal veterans benefits. "Since 02/2020, inflation has run 20.9% in the Boston Metro Area leading into veterans benefits at that level," King told the committee, urging a COLA to maintain benefit purchasing…
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